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East-Durham-College

Taught here for a year and it started well and I was excited about work and loved it. However, several flaws became apparent very early on. Due to low staff numbers and low student classes, lessons could not be recycled and new lessons needed to be prepared daily, increasing my work load massively. When asking for help and support, none was given and then getting things wrong was used against me in meetings. I was working until 11pm every night and getting called in because I wasn't doing things right and falling behind. Work life balance is none existant for most staff

What is the best part of working at the company?
Started of a great place to work, ended very differently. Plenty of good people work there, but are very under valued for what they do.
Found HR to be very biased, and unprofessional. No support was given to me during the challenges I was faced.
Would not recommend as a workplace.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management and understaffing within departments. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Collegeagues are often very welcoming, but there is a definite divide between the multiple campuses. A very us and them culture.

I had to make sure the horses were brought in and out of the field. I learnt how to ride a horse and how to care for one. The management of it was excellent they told you if you did anything wrong and told you how to do it better . The hardest part of the job was to make sure that you had given the correct horse the right medicine. The most enjoyable part was learning how to ride the horse.

I feel that EDC has  toxic work ethics and rule with a big stick mentality. Vocational courses have managers who have never worked in that vocational environment, and think they know all the answers, and won't listen to our objections. When it all goes wrong, it is our fault because then, we are the industry experts

For east Durham college I never really worked with the customers as I was always in the kitchens but the environment was good because we all would communicate with eachother and the job was an easy one. The hardest part was learning to make a new recipe for a new dish but you would learn eventually. The management was good because they would talk us through our role and they would give us any help we would require.

Some days it was busy some times it was really quiet.
I learned a lot while I was there I learned to ale loads of dishes I've never made before .
Management was good .
I got on well with my co- workers.
The hardest part of the job was when there wasn't many people in and it was busy .
The most enjoyable part of the job was having a good place to work in .

Every week we spent around 2 hours either with some clients or for some clients working on improving or making some interactive media for them. This experience allowed me to closely work with clients and how to effectively work in a team.

Treat everyone the same. Just because someone makes you some cakes don’t give them special treatment. Very Cliquish, not flexible at all. Different rules for special people  . Told to work where ever or go back to my old job by one supervisor . Not professional avoid

I learnt how to deal with customers and find out what their needs were, and how you could help them the best way you could! It was a fun place to work and i loved working with my colleagues and learning with every aspect i could. I completed all tasks that were asked and was always up for new projects through out the job.

Providing admin support to the apprenticeship team, learning general admin and providing assistance to colleagues needing help. I created spread sheets for interviewers with their time tables on which was beneficial all round. My colleagues were supportive and helpful helping me along the way when needed.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Lecturer 9 salaries reported	£34,242 per year
Coach 2 salaries reported	£26,710 per year
Tutor 1 salary reported	£26,708 per year
Support worker 4 salaries reported	£20,253 per year
Teacher 10 salaries reported	£34,650 per year

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